Purge

(v.)

1. purge sb (of/from sth); purge sth (away): make sb clean or pure by removing (evil, sin, etc.)

为某人（免罪、赦罪等）

e.g. Catholics go to confession to be purged of sin/purge (away) their sin/purge their souls of sin.

天主教徒透过高解以获得赦最（净化灵魂）。

2. empty the bowels (of a person)

给（某人）通便

e.g. A dose of this stuff will purge you!

这种药只须一剂就能让你通便！

3. purge sth (of sb)/purge sb (from sth): rid (esp. a political party) of (people thought to be undesirable); remove (such people) from ( a party)

清除（尤指政党的）（异己分子）；清洗（党员）

e.g. So-called traitors were purged (from their ranks).

所谓的叛徒均已（从队伍中）清洗出去。

e.g. They promised that the party would be purged of racists/that racists would be purged from the party.

他们保证该党一定把种族主义分子清除掉/把种族主义分子从党内清洗出去。

e.g. Filtering junk e-mail can be a tricky game of cat and mouse, as I learned when I set out to purge my In Box.

在我着手清理我的收件箱时，发现筛除垃圾电子邮件真像猫捉老鼠的游戏，十分难办。

4. (law) atone for (an offence, esp. contempt of court)

弥补（罪过，尤指藐视法庭罪）

e.g. purge one's contempt

于藐视法庭后认错以求得免罪

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